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1965 Map of Salineno

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Salineno
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

The Rio Grande forms a prominent international boundary between Mexico and the United States in this 1965 survey of the South Texas borderlands. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition from the riverbanks and the nearby settlement of Salineño to the high, arroyo-cut brushlands of Starr County. To the north, the waters of Falcon Reservoir reach into the terrain, bordered by the protected lands of Falcon State Park. This mid-century view shows a sparse but established network of gravel extraction and early energy development, with several Gravel Pits and a Gas Well scattered across the undulating elevations.

Local history is centered on small communities like Falcon Heights and Los Arrieros, where the Los Arrieros Cem provides a genealogical touchstone for the region's families. The drainage patterns of Arroyo Morteros and Arroyo la Minita carve through the land toward the river, illustrating the natural water management of this semi-arid environment before later 20th-century developments changed the local infrastructure.